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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association provides detailed guidelines for using APA style. The most recent edition of the APA Publication Manual is kept at the Reference Desk at the Roy O West Library, and in the Reference section.

Call number:  BF76.7 .P83 2001

Main changes from the 5th edition:

A DOI number for journal articles is included when available.

New methods for citing electronic sources.

New way of citing 8 or more authors.

This page contains general information about APA style based on the 2009 6th Edition of the Publication Manual. For specific examples of how to format materials, mouse over the heading for this page and then click on the type of material from the menu.

References Page

APA Style requires a Reference List page at the end of research papers. It must be titled References and entries are double spaced throughout (without an extra space between entries).

If you have more than one item by the same author, they are listed as follows, by year of publication. One-author entries precede multiple-author entries.

Twain, M. (1896). Tom Sawyer abroad. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Twain, M. (1899). Following the equator: A journey around the world. New York: Harper &
     Brothers.

In-Text Citations

APA Style uses parenthetical, author-date citations. After a quote, add parentheses containing the author's name, the year of publication, and the page number of the work.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss, 2007, p. 7).

After a paraphrase of someone else's ideas, you are not required to add the page number.

Example: The dog laid there while the fox jumped over him (Seuss, 2007).

If more than one author has the same last name, add their first initial.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (D. Seuss, 2007, p. 7).

If two authors wrote the work, use all their names.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss & Pow, 2007, p. 7).

If three to five authors wrote the work, use all their names the first time you refer to them, but not subsequently.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss, Pow, & Smith, 2007, p. 7).

              "The cat jumped over the moon" (Seuss, et al., 2007, p. 9).

If six or more authors wrote the work, use just the name of the first author.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss, et al., 2007, p. 7).